Departures (DVD)
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LC Subjects
Advertising, Classified -- Japan -- Drama.
DVD-Video discs.
Feature films -- Japan.
Married people -- Japan -- Drama.
Migration, Internal -- Japan -- Drama.
Motion pictures, Japanese.
Musical films.
Undertakers and undertaking -- Japan -- Drama.
Violoncellists -- Japan -- Drama.
Other Subjects
Japanese language films.

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Published
[United States] : E1 Entertainment, [2010].
Format
Video
Edition
Widescreen ed.
Language
jpn
UPC
741952675792

Notes

General Note
Title from container.
General Note
Originally released as a motion picture in 2008.
General Note
Special features: Interview with director Yôjirô Takita.
Creation/Production Credits
Director of photography, Takeshi Hamada ; editor, Akimasa Kawashima ; music, Joe Hisaishi.
Participants/Performers
Masahiro Motoki, Ryoko Hirosue, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Kimiko Yo, Tetta Sugimoto, Kazuko Yoshiyuki, Takashi Sasano.
Description
Daigo Kobayashi is a devoted cellist in an orchestra that has just been dissolved and finds himself without a job. He decides to move back to his old hometown with his wife to look for work and start over. He answers a classified ad entitled 'Departures' thinking it is an advertisement for a travel agency. He discovers that the job is actually for a 'Nokanshi' or 'encoffineer,' a funeral professional who prepares deceased bodies for burial and entry into the next life. While his wife and others despise the job, Daigo takes a certain pride in his work and begins to perfect the art, acting as a gentle gatekeeper between life and death, between the departed and the family of the departed.
Target Audience
MPAA rating: PG-13; for some thematic elements.
System Details
DVD, region 1, widescreen (1.85:1); Dolby Digital 5.1 surround.
Language
Dialogue in Japanese with subtitles in English.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Nakazawa, T., Watai, T., Koyama, K., Takita, Y., Motoki, M., Hirosue, R., Yamazaki, T., Yo, K., Sugimoto, T., Yoshiyuki, K., Sasano, T., & Hisaishi, J. (2010). Departures (DVD) (Widescreen ed.). E1 Entertainment.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Toshiaki. Nakazawa et al.. 2010. Departures (DVD). E1 Entertainment.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Toshiaki. Nakazawa et al.. Departures (DVD) E1 Entertainment, 2010.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Nakazawa, Toshiaki., et al. Departures (DVD) Widescreen ed., E1 Entertainment, 2010.

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